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I am playing “In Magnificent Style – Pickett’s charge at Gettysburg 3 July 1863″ a game by VPG. Its a 60 min game with low complexity (3 out of 9) . Its time to learn a bit of history 😉

is a solitaire game depicting the final desperate Confederate attack on 3 July 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg, popularly known as Pickett’s Charge. As General Longstreet, you must decide how quickly to press your troops across this deadly open ground before allowing the men to regroup for another bound. But time is not on your side, and the longer your stalwart soldiers remain in this maelstrom of enemy fire, the more dangerous it becomes, and the less likely they will arrive with the verve and numbers required to carry the day.

With only five turns in which to reach your objective and attack, how far can you push your luck? Your options are simple: Death or Glory!

It is a VPG gold Banner product , which means the counters are laser cut out of 3mm dense card board or even MDF. The quality is very good and the graphics are crisp and and easy to read even when your getting a bit tired and the lights seem dim. Here you can see a “smoke cover” event chit which are cleverly designed to be union on one side and confederate on the other. Cool. The attention to detail is to be applauded , see the one bullet hole on the 9 and 2 on the 8. You start with strength of 10. Also the top down regiment counters which are all different ( I think). These little touches make all the difference to “getting” into the whole game experience. Very neat for such a low price game.

I got the poly bag version which does not include the mounted map but I find the card maps sit flat and actually prefer them to the jig saw style mounted boards. Here is my position after turn one. I have a long way to go and the Union have had some good luck.

You get a 2 sided summary card which is all you need once you have read the rules. The rules are formatted in the classic numbered paragraph format and with plenty of highlights and examples are an easy read.  The most helpful part is the detailed play through and the end of the rules.

So overall very pleased with this game and I must admit to really liking the VPG style of game. As VPG says “The Gameplay’s the Thing”.